''Monanthotaxis'' is an
Afrotropical
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plant
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
with some 56 species, belonging to the
Annonaceae
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. They are native to the tropics and subtropics of southeastern
Africa
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and
Madagascar
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.
''Monanthotaxis'' in PlantList
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Species
References
Bibliography
# Schatz, G. E., et al., 2011. Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard.
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Annonaceae
Annonaceae genera
Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon